Office-indicator.



Patented Mar. I3, |900. C. V. B. REEDEB.

OFFICE INDICATOR.

(Application filed Dec. 8, 1899 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 645,300. Patented Mar. I37 |900.

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OFFICE INDICATOR. (Application med Dec. 8, 1899.1

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oLINToN v. B. REEDER, oF sAN Josh, CALIFORNIA.

OFFICE-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,300, dated March13, 1900. Application filed December 8,1899. Serial No. 739,638. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CLINTONV. B. REEDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Jos, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements inOffice-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention appertains to improvements in oihce-indicators, moreespecially over the construction shown in patent issued to me October10, 1899, which patent is numbered 634,628.

The invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of theparts, whereby the construction is simplified and the cost ofmanufacture reduced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of anoffice-indicator constructed in accord with my invention, the face-platebeing partially broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 isaperspective view showing Itheindicator swung upon its back. Fig. 4 is a sectional view takenvertically through the front portion of the casing rear of theface-plate, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the means forsetting the hands.

In the make-up'of the device a suitable casing Ais provided, whichcasing may be attached to a door or door-frame by screws a a, which passthrough the back A', said back being secured to the casing A by hingeson one side and on the opposite side by a lock or equivalent fastening.Vhen the lock is out of engagement with the hasp, the whole casing maybe swung upon the back A and access can be had to the interior, so thatmailmatter which has beeninserted in the casing through the slot c2 maybe removed. At a suitable distance rear of the glazedfront of the casingthere is positioned a face-plate B, which has an opening b for thepassage of the arbors of hands, and above the opening the faceplate iscut away to provide a sight-opening. The lower portion of thesight-opening is bent inward to form lugs b2, which overlie the ends ofa roll for the purpose of retaining the roll on a line with thesight-opening. The horizontal ledge A2 of the casing has a slit oropening c, through which projects an extension c of a plate C, whichplate has bent ends which extend inward and are apertured for thepassage therethrough of a rod d, said rod being supported by the sidepieces of the casing. The plate C in length is about equal to two-thirdsof the width of the casing on its inside, so that one-half of the platemay be disposed opposite the centrally-positioned sight-opening. Eachhalf of the plate may carry an inscription of the character shown, and apart of the inscription on the lower end of the plate is adapted to beread in conjunction with an inscription on the roll D, the shaft thereofhaving a knob which serves as a convenient means for turning the roll.The ends of the roll are engaged by the lugs b2, and said lugs preventlateral movement of the shaft and serve as friction-stops for the rollby bearing upon the ends thereof. The lower edge of the plate C ispositioned in front and slightly above the center of the roll D, and thelower edge of the sight-opening is a short distance below the center ofthe roll, which only allows one line of reading matteron the roll to bevisible.

Below the sight-opening, upon the faceplate, soV as to be concentlicwith the aperture b therethrough, is the representation of a clock-dial,and a pair of independently-movable hands or pointers are attached toarbors e e', the central arbor e being attached to a gear-wheel, whichis supported so as to turn upon a supporting-frame E. The hollow arbor eis passed over the central arbor and carries a pinion which is of lessdiameter than the pinion on the revoluble arbor e. The frame E isattached to the center of the partition, and said frame has its endsoutturned and apertured to provide bearings for shafts ff', which carrypinions or spur-wheels, the shafts being of sufficient length to extendthrough the side pieces of the casing, where they are provided withknobs for turning the shafts, and thus setting the hands.

The device hereinbefore described may be cheaply manufactured, and theface-plate may have, through the dial and partition, sight-openings,through which the contentsl of the letter-box may be viewed, and behindIOO one or more of the openings may be placed slides carrying suitableinscriptions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In an office-indicator, the combination with a easing having a slittherethrough, of a horizontally-movable slide having a portion whichprojects through the slit beyond the easing, a face-plate having asight-aperture, an inscription-carrying roll mounted on ahorizontally-supported shaft so as to be positioned rear of thesight-opening, the horizontally-movable plate and lower Wall of thesightopening partially covering the roll, substantially as shown.

2. In an oiiiee-indicator, the combination of a easing having asight-opening, a plate niovably supported rear of said sight-opening, aroll rear of the sight-opening and movable plate a dial on theface-plate and means for actuating hands or pointers which are movableover the dial, substantially as shown.

3. The combination in an office-indicator, of a easing having anopening, a horizontallymovable slide having a portion which projectsthrough the opening, a face-plate having a sight-opening, a roll orcylinder maintained so that its center will be below the lower edge ofthe slide and above the lower edge ofl the sight-opening, a dial on theface-plate and independently movable hands connected to gearing which isoperated from opposite sides of the casing, substantially as shown andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

CLINTON V. ILREEDER.

Witnesses:

IV. DENKER, NEWTON S. JACKSON.

